Welcome to the Animators' Club 1st Contest!
The contest starts now! And it ends June 2, 2012. Here are some details about it:
-Create an animation that is preferably between 1-3 minutes long. I will not be strict on the time frame.
-Post it to this group.
-Only post new animations created after 1-24-12!
-The animation can be on anything, but it must follow this group's rules:It must be a Lego stop motion, and cannot have a PG rating. If it doesn't have one, but should, it will be removed from the contest.
-Anyone in this group (even those who don't join the contest) can judge each animation.
-Questions....Ask any!

Quoting Lego Builders
Welcome to the Animators' Club 1st Contest!
The contest starts now! And it ends June 2, 2012. Here are some details about it:
-Create an animation(s)
-Post it to this group.
-Only post new animations created after 1-24-12!
-When you enter your animation, put this on your title: "Animators' Club Contest: (Then the name of your entry.)
-The animation can be on anything, but it must follow this group's rules:It must be a Lego stop motion, and cannot have a PG rating. If it doesn't have one, but should, it will be removed from the contest.
-Anyone in this group (even those who don't join the contest) can judge each animation.
-Questions....Ask any!

Have fun!
-LB Senior

When you say Lego do you mean any thing the Lego company made or makes? And can we enter more then one?Permalink

I'm happy there's a realistic deadline, otherwise I won't be here :P
But ofcourse stop-motions take time, I'll just sign up and enter whatever stop-motion I make between now and the deadline.
My last one completely failed though :S
So many hours of work for nothing :'(Permalink

Making a stop motion requires a few things: time, a (decent) camera, an imagination and something to put it all together with. I started with a simple walking cycle, and moved on from there. You first set up the figures, and then take a picture. Then you position them in another way and take another picture, until you have a short little scene. Then you throw all your pictures into a movie making/editing software (such as windows movie maker) and you're pretty much done! Play around with the settings until you get the right FPS (Frames Per Second), so that it looks good. You can add sounds and audio, but that requires a bit more time and skill to do. Just a tip, try to keep your camera as still as you possibly can, or else it won't look as good.Permalink

Can I add a new conversation to this group, explaining how to make a stop motion? I think that it'll add more contestants to the group, and involove more people, especially those new to stop motions.Permalink

Quoting Bartosz k
Can I add a new conversation to this group, explaining how to make a stop motion? I think that it'll add more contestants to the group, and involove more people, especially those new to stop motions.

You can....Except, make it in the Animators' Club group, not here in the contest.
-LB SeniorPermalink

So, how many entrys can we make? Only one, or can we have multiple? Just wondering, but what movie editor do you use? I use movie maker set to 0.125 sec per frame (or about 8 FPS). Occasionally, I try to use Vegas Pro 8, but after fussing with that, I go back to movie maker :)Permalink

Quoting Bartosz k
So, how many entrys can we make? Only one, or can we have multiple? Just wondering, but what movie editor do you use? I use movie maker set to 0.125 sec per frame (or about 8 FPS). Occasionally, I try to use Vegas Pro 8, but after fussing with that, I go back to movie maker :)